Breyten Breytenbach
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: September 16, 1939 (86 years old)
Place of Birth: Bonnievale, Cape Province, South Africa
Breyten Breytenbach is a South African writer and painter known for his opposition to apartheid, and consequent imprisonment by the South African government. He is informally considered as the national poet laureate by Afrikaans-speaking South Africans of the region.
